Emmanouil S. Brilakis

Completeness of revascularization in multivessel coronary artery disease.

Covered stent implantation through a single 8-french guide catheter for the management of a distal coronary perforation.

Subadventitial techniques for chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary intervention: The concept of "vessel architecture".

Comparison of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association and the European Society of Cardiology guidelines for the management of patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes.

Ipsilateral vs. contralateral vs. no collateral (antegrade only) chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary interventions: What is the right choice for your practice?

Bypass Graft Failure: Changing What We Can, Accepting What We Cannot Change, and Developing the Science to Know the Difference.

The role of rotational atherectomy in contemporary chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary intervention.

Comparison of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association and the European Society of Cardiology Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Valvular Heart Disease.

Management of Guidewire Entrapment With Laser Atherectomy.

Preventing and treating coronary perforations: Lessons from disaster management.

Impact of Calcium on Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Interventions.

The Impact of Proximal Vessel Tortuosity on the Outcomes of Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Insights From a Contemporary Multicenter Registry.

Full Metal Jacket: Is it En Vogue?

A Meta-Analysis of Contemporary Lesion Modification Strategies During Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in 244,795 Patients From 22 Studies.

Sleep deprivation in interventional cardiology: Implications for patient care and physician-health.

Radiation-associated lens changes in the cardiac catheterization laboratory: Results from the IC-CATARACT (CATaracts Attributed to RAdiation in the CaTh lab) study.

Incidence, Treatment, and Outcomes of Coronary Perforation During Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention.

Rationale and design of the Drug-Eluting Stents vs Bare-Metal Stents in Saphenous Vein Graft Angioplasty (DIVA) Trial.

Orbital atherectomy for the treatment of severely calcified coronary lesions: evidence, technique, and best practices.

Current Perspectives and Practices on Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Interventions.

Novel use of cutting balloon to treat subintimal hematomas during chronic total occlusion interventions.

DK-Crush Should Become Preferred Strategy for Treating Unprotected LM Bifurcation Lesions: No Pain, No Gain.

Does the end justify the means? The contemporary role of dissection/re-entry strategies for recanalization of coronary chronic total occlusions.

Comparative assessment of patient outcomes with intraluminal or subintimal crossing of infrainguinal peripheral artery chronic total occlusions.

Iso-osmolar contrast media and adverse renal and cardiac events after percutaneous cardiovascular intervention.

Retrograde CTO-PCI of Native Coronary Arteries Via Left Internal Mammary Artery Grafts: Insights From a Multicenter U.S. Registry.

Performance of J-CTO and PROGRESS CTO Scores in Predicting Angiographic Success and Long-term Outcomes of Percutaneous Coronary Interventions for Chronic Total Occlusions.

Contemporary Arterial Access in the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory.

Transfemoral Approach for Coronary Angiography and Intervention: A Collaboration of International Cardiovascular Societies.

Improvement in Aortic Valve Area in Patients With Aortic Stenosis Through Use of a New "Hourglass-Shaped" Valvuloplasty Balloon.

Effect of PCSK9 Inhibitors on Clinical Outcomes in Patients With Hypercholesterolemia: A Meta-Analysis of 35 Randomized Controlled Trials.

The effect of major adverse renal cardiovascular event (MARCE) incidence, procedure volume, and unit cost on the hospital savings resulting from contrast media use in inpatient angioplasty.

"Around the world" - How to reach native coronary artery lesions through long and tortuous aortocoronary bypass grafts.

Mid-term outcomes of chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary intervention with subadventitial vs. intraplaque crossing: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Lost and found: Coronary stent retrieval and review of literature.

Subadventitial stenting around occluded stents: A bailout technique to recanalize in-stent chronic total occlusions.

Impact of sleep deprivation on the outcomes of percutaneous coronary intervention.

Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Evidence and Controversies.

The "double stingray technique" for recanalizing chronic total occlusions with bifurcation at the distal cap.

Prevalence, Presentation and Treatment of 'Balloon Undilatable' Chronic Total Occlusions: Insights from a Multicenter US Registry.

Long-Term Outcomes of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Chronic Total Occlusion in Patients Who Have Undergone Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting vs Those Who Have Not.

Wanted: Expert operators for coronary chronic total occlusion interventions.

Randomized Comparison of a CrossBoss First Versus Standard Wire Escalation Strategy for Crossing Coronary Chronic Total Occlusions: The CrossBoss First Trial.

Editorial: Retrograde via epicardial collaterals: With power comes responsibility.

Aminophylline for Preventing Bradyarrhythmias During Orbital or Rotational Atherectomy of the Right Coronary Artery.

The five key "ingredients" for improving outcomes in cardiogenic shock complicating acute myocardial infarction.

Bivalirudin versus unfractionated heparin in peripheral vascular interventions.

Update in the Percutaneous Management of Coronary Chronic Total Occlusions.

Diverse perspectives and training paths in cardiology: An analysis of authorship in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

Innovations in Radiation Safety During Cardiovascular Catheterization.

Complete revascularization for everyone: anatomic, functional, or neither? It depends!

The Hybrid Approach to Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Update From the PROGRESS CTO Registry.

Does the hybrid algorithm has real impact on long-term outcomes or should only be used as a valuable approach for CTO crossing?

A New Treatment Strategy for Saphenous Vein Graft Lesions?: Letting it Go.

Patients with diabetes also deserve TAVR!

Medical simulation in interventional cardiology: "More research is needed".

Drug-Eluting Stents for Treatment of Peripheral Artery Disease.

Drug-eluting stents versus bare-metal stents in saphenous vein grafts: a double-blind, randomised trial.

Percutaneous treatment of coronary perforation in acutely occluded right coronary artery after reimplantation in the aortic root.

Radiation Safety in the Catheterization Laboratory: Current Perspectives and Practices.

Adjunctive stent use during endovascular intervention to the femoropopliteal artery with drug coated balloons: Insights from the XLPAD registry.

Meta-analysis of the impact of successful chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary intervention on left ventricular systolic function and reverse remodeling.

Prevalence, Trends, and Outcomes of Higher-Risk Percutaneous Coronary Interventions Among Patients Without Acute Coronary Syndromes.

Management of a Balloon Shaft Fracture During Subintimal Retrograde Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Due to In-stent Restenosis.

Revascularization in "no option" patients with refractory angina: Frequency, etiology and outcomes.

Laser-assisted orbital or rotational atherectomy: a hybrid treatment strategy for balloon-uncrossable lesions.

Shields and garb for decreasing radiation exposure in the cath lab.

Amyloid-Beta (1-40) Peptide and Subclinical Cardiovascular Disease.

The efficacy of coronary sinus reducer in patients with refractory angina-A systematic review of the literature.

In-hospital Outcomes of Attempting More Than One Chronic Total Coronary Occlusion Through Percutaneous Intervention During the Same Procedure.

Use of chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary intervention techniques for treating acute vessel closure.

Outcomes With Drug-Coated Balloons for Treating the Side Branch of Coronary Bifurcation Lesions.

In-Hospital Outcomes of Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease.

Prevalence and Outcomes of Percutaneous Coronary Interventions for Ostial Chronic Total Occlusions: Insights From a Multicenter Chronic Total Occlusion Registry.

Rate of major adverse renal or cardiac events with iohexol compared to other low osmolar contrast media during interventional cardiovascular procedures.

Incidence, predictors, management and outcomes of coronary perforations.

Antegrade fenestration and re-entry: The legacy continues.

Expecting the unexpected: preventing and managing the consequences of coronary perforations.

Contrast modulation in chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary intervention.

Chronic Total Occlusion Interventions: Update on Current Tips and Tricks.

Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention.

Remote Ischemic Preconditioning for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Waiting for Godot?

Comparison Between Traditional and Guide-Catheter Extension Reverse Controlled Antegrade Dissection and Retrograde Tracking: Insights From the PROGRESS-CTO Registry.

Staged revascularization in patients with acute coronary syndromes due to saphenous vein graft failure and chronic total occlusion of the native vessel: A novel concept.

Outcomes with drug-coated balloons in small-vessel coronary artery disease.

Atherectomy in below-the-knee endovascular interventions: One-year outcomes from the XLPAD registry.

Drug-Eluting Versus Bare Metal Stents in Saphenous Vein Graft Intervention: An Updated Comprehensive Meta-Analysis of Randomized Trials.

Outcomes of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Support for Complex High-Risk Elective Percutaneous Coronary Interventions: A Single-Center Experience and Review of the Literature.

An alternative treatment strategy for large vessel coronary perforations.

Clinical Outcomes and Cost Comparisons of Stent and Non-Stent Interventions in Infrainguinal Peripheral Artery Disease: Insights From the Excellence in Peripheral Artery Disease (XLPAD) Registry.

Frequency and Outcomes of Ad Hoc Versus Planned Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Multicenter Experience.

Temporal Trends in the Use of Therapeutic Hypothermia for Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest.

Coronary revascularization and use of hemodynamic support in acute coronary syndromes.

Hybrid 2.0: Subintimal plaque modification for facilitation of future success in chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary intervention.

A systematic approach for successful PCSK9 inhibitor prescribing in clinical practice.

Treating saphenous vein graft lesions: Drug-eluting stents are not the answer!

Procedural Outcomes of Percutaneous Coronary Interventions for Chronic Total Occlusions Via the Radial Approach: Insights From an International Chronic Total Occlusion Registry.

Usefulness of Atherectomy in Chronic Total Occlusion Interventions (from the PROGRESS-CTO Registry).

Update in the Management of Acute Coronary Syndrome Patients with Cardiogenic Shock.

In-Hospital Outcomes of Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Interventions in Patients With Prior Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery.

Recent advances in microcatheter technology for the treatment of chronic total occlusions.

How DECISION-CTO Can Help Guide the Decision to Perform Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention.

Advances in the treatment of coronary perforations.

Salvage of Simultaneous Acute Coronary Closure and Retroperitoneal Bleeding Using Veno-Arterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation and Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Techniques in a Patient with ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction.

The Gordian Knot-If You Cannot Solve it, Cut it: Treating Guidewire Bending While Obtaining Arterial Access.

Sleep Deprivation in Cardiology: A Multidisciplinary Survey.

Chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary intervention failure: Learning from failure.

Challenges associated with treatment of left internal mammary artery graft thrombosis.

Interventricular septum and free wall rupture in a patient with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: A lethal combination.

Radial Versus Femoral Access in Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention.

Acute marginal branch loss in a patient with biventricular dysfunction.

Chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary intervention: the road ahead.

Saphenous vein graft failure: seeing the bigger picture.

Left Main Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: A Case Series.

Applicability and Interpretation of Coronary Physiology in the Setting of a Chronic Total Occlusion.

Impact of concomitant treatment of non-chronic total occlusion lesions at the time of chronic total occlusion intervention.

Guiding Principles for Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention.

Update on Cardiac Catheterization in Patients With Prior Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery.

Hot topics in interventional cardiology: Proceedings from the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) 2019 Think Tank.

Use of the DyeVert System in Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention.

A Case-Based Illustration of a Dual-Operator, Dual Microcatheter Technique for Side Branch Wiring.

A Case-Based Illustration of the Use of Microcatheter Pressure Transduction for Confirmation of Distal Wire Position in Complex Percutaneous Coronary Intervention.

Procedural Strategies to Reduce the Incidence of Contrast-Induced Acute Kidney Injury During Percutaneous Coronary Intervention.

Finding the Culprit: Combining Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging With Optical Coherence Tomography.

Modified subintimal transcatheter withdrawal: A novel technique for hematoma decompression to facilitate distal reentry during coronary chronic total occlusion recanalization.

Temporal changes of noninvasive electrocardiographic risk factors for sudden cardiac death in post-myocardial infarction patients with preserved ejection fraction: Insights from the PRESERVE-EF study.

Why every interventionalist should know when and how to deploy coils.

Technical and procedural outcomes of the retrograde approach to chronic total occlusion interventions.

Reducing radiation dose: Yes I can!

A Need For Long-Term Results of LMCA-CTO-PCI.

Distal radial access at the anatomic snuffbox: The new standard for left radial access?

Chronic total occlusion recanalization for myocardial infarction.

Spontaneous coronary artery dissection: Primum non nocere.

Outcomes With Deferred Versus Performed Revascularization of Coronary Lesions With Gray-Zone Fractional Flow Reserve Values.

Embolic Protection Devices in Vein Graft Interventions: What Would You Do?

Advances in CrossBoss/Stingray use in antegrade dissection reentry from the Asia Pacific Chronic Total Occlusion Club.

Outcomes with retrograde versus antegrade chronic total occlusion revascularization.

Outcomes of subintimal plaque modification in chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary intervention.

The Impact of Peripheral Artery Disease in Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (Insights From PROGRESS-CTO Registry).

An App for complex PCI solutions.

Outcomes of intravascular brachytherapy for recurrent drug-eluting in-stent restenosis.

Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery is Just the Beginning!

Stent-Only Versus Adjunctive Balloon Angioplasty Approach for Saphenous Vein Graft Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Insights From DIVA Trial.

Primary Orbital Atherectomy for Treating a Heavily Calcified Balloon-Uncrossable Lesion.

Retrograde Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention via Saphenous Vein Graft.

Percutaneous coronary intervention in aorto-ostial coronary chronic total occlusion: outcomes and technical considerations in a multicenter registry.

Temporal Trends in Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Interventions: Insights From the PROGRESS-CTO Registry.

2-Year Outcomes After Stenting of Lipid-Rich and Nonrich Coronary Plaques.

Chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary intervention scores: present and future.

Response by Latif et al to Letter Regarding Article, "Stent-Only Versus Adjunctive Balloon Angioplasty Approach for Saphenous Vein Graft Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Insights From DIVA Trial".

Telesupported procedures: when and how.

Temporal changes in patient characteristics and outcomes in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction 2003-2018.

Sequential complications troubleshooting in percutaneous coronary intervention: Managing wire entrapment and coronary dissection.

Double-Kiss-Crush Bifurcation Stenting: Step-by-Step Troubleshooting.

Retrograde Approach to Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention.

Who Would You Want to Do Your Unprotected Left Main Percutaneous Coronary Intervention?

Massive Thrombus Migration in ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction: The Case for Embolic Protection Devices.

The Impact of Novel X-Ray Systems and X-Ray System Optimization on Patient Radiation Dose Administered During Cardiac Catheterization.

ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction due to multivessel, multifocal coronary vasospasm.

SCAI position statement on optimal percutaneous coronary interventional therapy for complex coronary artery disease.

Follow-up Outcomes After Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Patients With and Without Prior Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery: Insights From the PROGRESS-CTO Registry.

Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of STEMI Patients With Cardiogenic Shock and Cardiac Arrest.

Uncrossable and undilatable lesions-A practical approach to optimizing outcomes in PCI.

Impact of renal function on the immediate and long-term outcomes of percutaneous recanalization of coronary chronic total occlusions: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

[Acute vessel closure due to spontaneous or iatrogenic coronary dissection: salvage techniques].

Coronavirus Disease 2019 Catheterization Laboratory Survey.

Safety of transradial access compared to transfemoral access with hemostatic devices (vessel plugs and suture devices) after percutaneous coronary interventions: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Percutaneous coronary intervention: The "oculosufficient" effect and how to overcome it.

Meta-Analysis of Optimal Revascularization Strategy for Patients With ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction and Multi-Vessel Coronary Artery Disease.

Distal radial access for cardiac catheterization: When and how.

Early Post-Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Chest Pain: A Nationwide Survey on Interventional Cardiologists' Perspective.

Impact of Successful Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Interventions on Subsequent Clinical Outcomes.

Outcomes with combined laser atherectomy and intravascular brachytherapy in recurrent drug-eluting in-stent restenosis.

Latest developments in chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary intervention.

Equipment utilization in chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary interventions: Insights from the PROGRESS-CTO registry.

Multivessel Versus Culprit-Only Revascularization in STEMI and Multivessel Coronary Artery Disease: Meta-Analysis of Randomized Trials.

Computed Tomography Angiography Co-Registration with Real-Time Fluoroscopy in Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Interventions.

Impact of Intravascular Ultrasound Utilization for Stent Optimization on 1-Year Outcomes After Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention.

Successful Rotational Atherectomy of an Undilatable Ostial Saphenous Vein Graft Lesion.

Plaque Regression and Endothelial Progenitor Cell Mobilization With Intensive Lipid Elimination Regimen (PREMIER).

An unusual treatment for ventricular tachycardia.

An algorithmic approach to balloon-uncrossable coronary lesions.

Coronary intravascular brachytherapy for recurrent coronary drug-eluting in-stent restenosis: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Short term outcomes of Impella in cardiogenic shock: A review and meta-analysis of observational studies.

Patient Radiation Dose During Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Insights From the PROGRESS-CTO Registry.

Cardiogenic Shock Management: International Survey of Contemporary Practices.

The indications and utility of adjunctive imaging modalities for chronic total occlusion (CTO) intervention.

Combined use of intravascular lithotripsy and brachytherapy: A new approach for the treatment of recurrent coronary in-stent restenosis.

Use of intravascular imaging in patients with ST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarction.

Systematic review and meta-analysis of short-term outcomes with drug-coated balloons vs. stenting in acute myocardial infarction.

3D reconstruction of coronary artery bifurcations from coronary angiography and optical coherence tomography: feasibility, validation, and reproducibility.

Complications of chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary intervention.

Meta-analysis Comparing Outcomes of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention of Native Artery Versus Bypass Graft in Patients With Prior Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting.

Chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary intervention: managing perforation complications.

Impact of adherence to the hybrid algorithm for initial crossing strategy selection in chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary intervention.

Management of coronary artery perforation.

Meta-Analysis of Transradial vs Transfemoral Access for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Patients With ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction.

Short- and Long-Term Outcomes in Patients With New-Onset Persistent Left Bundle Branch Block After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement.

Content is king: Use of educational videos in cardiac catheterization.

Predicting Technical Success of Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Comparison of 3 Scores.

Intravascular lithotripsy for stent under-expansion: Panacea or Pandora's box?

Definitions and Clinical Trial Design Principles for Coronary Artery Chronic Total Occlusion Therapies: CTO-ARC Consensus Recommendations.

Clinical outcomes of patients with and without chronic kidney disease undergoing endovascular revascularization of infrainguinal peripheral artery disease: Insights from the XLPAD registry.

Can History of Myocardial Infarction Reliably Indicate Myocardial Viability in Patients With a Coronary Chronic Total Occlusion and Good Collateral Circulation?